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Scouting Report: The Friend of My Enemy

A World of Warcraft quest in The Jade Forest. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Daemonette+68via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Remix pandaria, War within prepatch, 11.0.0.55818.

Rico is again almost one-shotted down. I have leveled 5 horde chars in pandaria remix and this quest was an eezy breezy, but now after war within prepatch, it is once again really difficult due to Rico being paper.

So check all previous comments and tips about using max range, kiting, and avoiding getting hit even once.

I tried doing this 5 times, was not able to finish. Abandoned and moved on. Every time I could not even finish the mob before next one appeared.

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Zillions+41via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

For this part of the quest, you should immediately be given special "vehicle" abilities: [spell=80182] and [spell=83012]. (If you do not have a special abilities bar, abandon the quest).

Once you yell "I'll save you, Kiryn!" then run up the path ahead of you to the net. Speak to Kiryn, and it will start the encounter.
Use your #3 ability once the mob gets in melee range to knock them back.
Use your #4 ability as a ranged attack.

The quest text at the end is priceless:
When I was done fightin', I went up to Kiryn to ask for my... reward.
Shademaster Kiryn says: "Riko, you... you saved my life."
Riko says: "So... uh... can Riko get a kiss?"
Kiryn says: "Of course. Let me just take off my mask..."
Riko yells: WHAT THE OOK IS WRONG WITH YOUR FACE? YOU'RE... YOU'RE JEEKIN' DEAD? AHHHHHH!

When you speak to him to turn in, he says "Yeah, I ran away. So blikkin' what? If it weren't for me, Kiryn would be dead. Oh, wait... she's already dead... already... Go away! Riko's head hurts!"

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-35
ZoneThe Jade Forest
LocationThe Jade Forest, The Veiled Stair
Quest ID29823

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(29823))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

WhereThe Jade Forest, The Veiled Stair
StorylineThe Jade Forest, Strange Bedfellows & Grookin Hill, step 21 of 24
Rewards4,800 XP

Description

We weren't only looking for Alliance, you know. We were also looking for those snooked-up, tik-flikklin' jinyu! Well, we found 'em all right...

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Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

The Jade Forest Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
The Jade Forest map showing where to go for Scouting Report: The Friend of My EnemyTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #371 28.6 47.4

The Veiled Stair Objective area 1 mapped point
The Veiled Stair map showing where to go for Scouting Report: The Friend of My EnemyObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #433 75.7 20.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Jade Forest 28.6, 47.4/way #371 28.6 47.4
  • Objective areaThe Jade Forest 49.9, 70.8/way #371 49.9 70.8
  • Objective areaThe Veiled Stair 75.7, 20.5/way #433 75.7 20.5

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the The Jade Forest map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Jade Forest, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Jade Forest:

  • Grookin Hill, Jade ForestHorde · about 60 yards south-west
  • Tavern in the Mists, The Veiled StairAlliance and Horde · about 740 yards south-west
  • Binan Village, Kun-Lai SummitAlliance and Horde · about 880 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,800 yards south-east

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Related
Experience4,800 XP

Storyline

The Jade Forest, Strange Bedfellows & Grookin Hill

Part 21 of 24.

Previous: Scouting Report: On the Right Track · Next: Scouting Report: Like Jinyu in a Barrel

  1. 13Instant Messaging
  2. 14Beyond the Horizon
  3. 15Furious Fowl
  4. 16Silly Wikket, Slickies are for Hozen
  5. 17Boom Bait
  6. 18What's in a Name Name?
  7. 19Scouting Report: Hostile Natives
  8. 20Scouting Report: On the Right Track
  9. 21Scouting Report: The Friend of My Enemy
  10. 22Scouting Report: Like Jinyu in a Barrel
  11. 23Green-ish Energy
  12. 24Boom Goes the Doonamite!

Showing steps 13 to 24 of 24.

Also part of: The Jade Forest (part 40 of 83).

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Scouting Report: On the Right TrackThe Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    MOST of what Riko said is true. We didn't dare pursue Gorrok - the Horde's numbers here are far too few. Our forces can only sustain so many losses, and frankly, we don't know how powerful that witch really is. Let me pick up where the hozen left off...

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Scouting Report: Like Jinyu in a BarrelThe Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    With our leader turned to jade, our hozen guide disappeared, and a prisoner of war in tow, there was only one thing that Kiryn and I could do: March into our enemy's territory and deliver some vengeance. Want to know how it went?

The storyline at a glance

The Jade Forest, Strange Bedfellows & Grookin Hill has 24 steps, from Nazgrim's Command to Boom Goes the Doonamite!.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Jade Forest (24).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Jade Forest map

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.